Oftalmoplegia extrinseca progressiva: registro de um caso

Date
1979-12-01
Author
Nobrega, João Antonio Maciel [UNIFESP]
Erwenne, Clélia Maria [UNIFESP]
Vilanova, Luiz Celso Pereira [UNIFESP]
Lima, José Geraldo Camargo [UNIFESP]
Type
Artigo
ISSN
0004-282X
Is part of
Arquivos De Neuro-psiquiatria
DOI
10.1590/S0004-282X1979000400008
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Alternative Title
Progressive external ophtalmoplegia: a case report
Abstract
A case of progressive ophtalmoplegia and ptosis afecting a 12 year old boy is reported. A miopatic pattern was detected by the electromyography, the cerebrospinal fluid showed an increase of the protein content and retinal pigmentary degeneration was detected. This findings call the attention for a more widespread degenerative disorders afecting not only the muscular sistem but other organs as well.
Citation
Arquivos De Neuro-psiquiatria. Sao Paulo Sp: Assoc Arquivos Neuro- Psiquiatria, v. 37, n. 4, p. 420-423, 1979.
URI
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/11600/42744
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